As mid-cycle redistricting advances in several states, former Secretary of Transportation and Democratic commentator Pete Buttigieg returned to his home state of Indiana Thursday to rally against GOP efforts there to redraw the congressional map. Buttigieg, who was mayor of South Bend, Indiana, before he ran for president in 2020, is a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028. While lawmakers in California, Texas and Missouri have voted to advance new congressional maps, Indiana Republican lawmakers have been much more hesitant to take action. President Donald Trump wants Republican states to redraw their maps to try and offset losses in the 2026 midterm election, which typically favor the party opposite to the one in power.